Conrad FAHNESTOCK
REFN: 9902 During the Alien Sedition Acts, he was a warm supporter of Thomas Jefferson against John Adams, and because of this he was arrested and imprisoned in 1800, on the eve of Jefferson's election. He was released a few dayslater. He owned a newspaper in partnership with Benjamin Mayer. The paperwas called Morgenrothe or Dutch Aurora. Later, Conrad moved to Middletown, PA, where he was a merchant, and where he died.
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1793 1793 1793 1793 1793 (1793) REFN: 8782 He owned one of the only three farina mills in the US. He owned land in Lititz, Warwick Twp, Lancaster Co., PA. His wife and eldest daughter spoke no English.
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He married Mary Harlacher Abt 1790 . Mary Harlacher was born at Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania 7 Jul 1771 daughter of Charles Harlacher and Anna .
They were the parents of 4
children:
Joseph Fahnestock
born 9 Apr 1792.
Peter Fahnestock
born 9 Jun 1793.
Samuel Fahnestock
born 12 Feb 1795.
Anna Fahnestock
born 31 May 1800.
Conrad Fahnestock died 22 Sep 1803 at Middletown, Dauphin, Pennsylvania .
Mary Harlacher died 2 Mar 1849 at Ephrata Twp, Lancaster, Pennsylvania .